hæftan
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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6.
for-gytel
Forgetful ⬩ forgetting ⬩ oblīviōsus
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Th. ii. 118, 19] he was not forgetful, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 5, 11. Forgytele we ne synt ðé nec oblīti sŭmus te, Ps. Lamb. 43, 18. He nis forgytol clypunge þearfena non est oblītus clāmōrem paupĕrum, 9, 13
Linked entry: for-gitel
hund-líc
Doglike ⬩ canine
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Nú sende hé hundas tó mé forðan ðe hé næfþ godcundlíce englas, ac hæfþ hundlíce now has he sent dogs to me, for he has not divine angels, but he has doglike ones, Homl. Th. i. 378, 3
a-dreópan
To shed drop by drop ⬩ guttatim effundere
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To shed drop by drop; guttatim effundere Nú is mín swát adropen now is my blood sprinkled, An. 1427, note
þan
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Him ðæt nó ne derede, ðon má ðe ceald wæter, Shrn. 83, 17 : Exon. Th. 364, 33; Wal. 80. without ðe Ic ða word gehýrde and nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon ego audiens, nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15.
ceorlian
To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere
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Spoken of a woman, and opposed to wífian to take a wife Ne wífiaþ híg, ne híg ne ceorliaþ they take not a wife, nor do they take a husband, Mt. Bos. 22, 30.
dwol-líce
Foolishly, heretically ⬩ stulte, hærĕtĭce
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Foolishly, heretically; stulte, hærĕtĭce Ne man nemót drincan, ne dwollíce plegan, ne etan innan cyrican no one may drink, nor foolishly play, nor eat in a church, L. Ælf. E; Th. ii. 392, 16: L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 12.
ge-drinc
A drinking ⬩ compotatio ⬩ convivium
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A drinking; compotatio, convivium We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking nor any vanity, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 27; Vy. 57 : Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 25
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mann-swica
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In l. 2 read mannslagan, and add: a deceiver, cheat Án unlagu æt ðám ætfengan þe swicigende manswican lufedan be-westan, Ll. Lbmn, 244, 28. Swá geráde manswican (man-, v. ll. ) þe on ðá wísan swǽslíce swiciað on unriht, þæt syndan forbodan Antecrístes
ge-bregd
A moving to and fro ⬩ agitation ⬩ tossing ⬩ vibrātio ⬩ agĭtātio ⬩ jactātio
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A moving to and fro, agitation, tossing; vibrātio, agĭtātio, jactātio Nis ðǽr on ðam londe wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum, ne se hearda forst there is not in that land tossing of tempests rough under heaven, nor the hard frost, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201
leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
un-leás
Not false ⬩ true
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Not false, true Uhleás non frivola, non falsa, Hpt. Gl. 432, 21. Se bið unleás forscrencend ðe his leahtras forscrencð, Homl. Th. i. 586, 23. Wé willaþ eów gereccan óðres mannes gesihðe ðe unleás is, ii. 332, 26.
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un-gemét
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Not met with, not experienced Ungeméttum inexperto, An. Ox. 2488
Linked entry: ge-métan
alan
to nourish ⬩ grow ⬩ produce ⬩ alere ⬩ procreare ⬩ to appear ⬩ apparere
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to nourish, grow, produce; alere, procreare Swylce eorþe ól as the earth nourished, Exon. 94a; Th. 353, 35; Reim. 23. to appear; apparere Ða ne alaþ which appear not; quæ non apparent, Lk. Lind. War. 11, 44. [Goth. alan; pp. alans crescere: O.
mamorian
to be deep in thought about anything
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[Somner gives mamerung dormitio, dormitatio : cf. later English mammering He sits now in a mammering, As one that minds it not. Halliw. Dict. q
tó-cwæstedness
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Aldis Wrights collation); so the form may be allowed to stand, and need not be considered a mere mistake for the preceding word
haga
A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value ⬩ frute cinum, cornum, ramnum
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A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value [?], [cf. Chaucer's 'not worth an hawe'] Hagan gignalia, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 24; Wrt. Voc. 33, 24. Hagan quisquilia, 285, 31
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
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ge-cúþ
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Known Hine þá monige his gecúdra monna ácsodon, ge æþelcunde ge óðre multi viri noti ac nobiles requirebant, Gr. D. 22, 14 note
wæstmberendness
Fertility, fecundity
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Fertility, fecundity Mid ðý nis ǽnig synn wæstmberendnesse líchoman cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas carnis, Bd. 1, 27; M. 74, 24 note